Humidity with C-Bus

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    yzf250

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    Can anyone give me an example of using a humidity sensor with c-bus?
    I want to use one in a bathroom to only put the fan on when steam is sensed. Does Clipsal make anything like this for c-bus or will I have to us some other brand and incorporate it in to the system?
     
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    In my bathroom I have the fans come on automatically with the lights.

    Generally I always have the lights on when showering.
    I also have ceiling speakers as well as an LCD screen so I make sure that the fans run on for 10 mins after the lights are turned off to remove the last of the steam.

    Another idea is a reed switch on the door. Most people if having a shower will shut the door. :)
    Might be a lot cheaper and a lot more reliable than some sort of steam/heat sensor.

    Cheers.
    Jason..
     
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    I have a flow switch on the Hot water pipe.

    Shower light turns on when flow starts
    Fan turns on 15 seconds later at 70% (so it is not noisy)

    When water switched off fan turns off (so you dont get cold from the draft)
    The light turns off 2 minutes later.
     
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    Nice One!!

    Ive looked into it Charlie and a flow switch is what i'm going to do. Do you have it going into a c-bus coupler ?
     
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    How are you achieving this
     
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    The Flow switch is connected to a Minder input. (It is then easy to acheive this)

    No so easy with raw cbus. (to 70% is easy the 15 second delay is harder)

    Charles
     
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    Sorry Charles, I should have been more specific. How are you running the fan at 70% to reduce the noise

    First assumption would be by using a dimmer, but I believe that is not good for a motor.

    Mick
     
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    Yes the fan is connected to a DIMMER unit.
     
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